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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (TV Show 1952-1959)

Summary: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? Was said to a key cornerstone in archeology and the media. It was a popular game show which ran from 1952 to 1959. The show was were archeologists, art historians, and natural history experts were asked to identify interesting objects from museums and other faculties such as university collections. The quiz show was headed by BBC who still has a long history of being contributors to archaeology in the media limelight.

History:

It is worth noting that Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? was not a new idea. The UK television show did model its idea from an American TV show called "What in the World?". The show itself did show credibility as it have noteworthy and well known archaeologists of this time. Such as Glynn Daniel, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Interestedly enough Wheeler was voted TV personality of the year in 1954, which provided archeology with their first media star.

Attempts to resemble the show:

Even seventy years later “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?” is still being modeled in archeological events. In September 2011 University College London announced that they are bring back the popular 1950 for one night. Advertising that the panel of their experts Claire Thomson (Scandinavian Studies), Ryan Nichol (Physics and Astronomy), Tom Stern (Philosophy) and Sam Turvey (Institute of Zoology) hosted by Joe Flatman (Institute of Archaeology) will go in to UCL museum and try to identify some of the objects there are.

Controversy:

In May of 2012 an online petition was posted. The description of the petition stated that there were four remaining shows and any exsiting clip within the BBC archives. The petetion states that they feel that this show can still continue to educate and entertain us. The petetion also stated that they feel 2012 is an excellent time to release the remaining episodes or clips on dvd because it could be an excellent celebration to symbolize David Attenborough 60 year benchmark working with BBC. Who has been a huge contributor too archeology and media relations within BBC.